Senior Healthcare Worker | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and social care organization is seeking a compassionate Healthcare Worker in Maidstone. Join a dynamic team providing essential care to individuals with complex mental health needs. The ideal candidate will possess excellent organizational skills and an ability to promote patient independence. This rewarding role involves delivering care, supporting patients, and maintaining a safe environment. Applications close on 17 Sep 2025.

Qualifications

• Capacity to deliver effective and competent care as per patient's care plan.
• Support for the multidisciplinary team in delivering patient-focused service.
• Ability to maintain patient hygiene and promote independence.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care under supervision from senior staff.
• Provide support and advice to patients.
• Promote cleanliness and health in the ward environment.

Skills

Excellent organisation skills

Ability to use initiative

Compassion

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

It’s an exciting time to join our dynamic and innovative team. If you want to develop your skills with the backing of a well-developed team and make a difference to the recovery of our patients, we want you to join us.

The Trevor Gibbens Unit is a medium secure inpatient service for forensic services serving the community of Kent and Medway. We specialise in the rehabilitation and treatment of males & females with complex mental health needs who require care in a medium secure setting in response to offending, risky and/or challenging behaviours.

This can be a challenging, yet rewarding environment and requires excellent organisation skills and the ability to use your initiative. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference and capable of providing positive challenge to the status quo in the interest of service and workforce development, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

The Healthcare Worker is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility as follows:

Under limited supervision from a senior associate worker, qualified nurse, occupational therapist or the nurse in charge, deliver an effective and competent level of care as determined by the patient's care plan.

Support the work of the multidisciplinary team:

• Consistently delivering a patient focused service, which promotes optimum independence.
• Offering appropriate support and advice to the patients.
• Recording accurately all care given as required.
• Enable patients to maintain and improve their independence by promoting active involvement in the therapeutic activity programme.
• Noting and reporting accurately any care given and/or information required by the nurse in charge.
• Give physical care as required or instructed.
• Promote patient’s appearance and personal hygiene by offering support/advice in self care and ensuring that suitable toiletries are available.
• Promote a healthy, safe and secure environment by adhering to Trust statutory health and safety requirements and maintain confidentiality of information at all times in compliance with the Trust Policies.
• Assist patients to maintain a clean and healthy ward environment and assist them in all aspects of daily living skills as required.

About KMPT and the Role

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Organisation and Values

Our strategy and mission are to deliver brilliant care through brilliant people. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Check out our recruitment videos. Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025.